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Behavioural economics highlights the role of social preferences in economic decisions. Further, populations are heterogeneous; suggesting that group composition may impact the ability to sustain voluntary public goods contributions. This parallels research in public economics where fractionalization negatively impacts provision. We conduct agent-based simulations of contributions in a public goods game, varying group composition and the weight individuals place on their beliefs versus their underlying social preference type. We then examine the effect of each of these factors on contributions. We find fractionalization in social preference types negatively impacts provision, even controlling for the share of types in a group.

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Social Simulation for a Digital Society: Introduction -- References -- Part I: Philosophical and Technical Considerations -- Chapter 2: Ontological Politics in a World of Political Ontologies: More Realistic (Human) Agents for the Anthropocene? -- Introduction -- Complex Problems and the Integration Imperative -- Agent-Based Models and Qualitative Inquiry -- A Philosophical and Sociological Critique -- ABM's Methodological Individualism -- Simplification Versus Messy Reality -- Colonisation, Collaboration and Depictions Otherwise -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: The Art of Iterating: Update-Strategies in Agent-Based Simulation -- Introduction -- Background -- Agent-Based Simulation -- A Discrete Game: Prisoners Dilemma -- A Continuous Game: Heroes & -- Cowards -- Related Research -- A New Terminology -- ABS Properties -- ABS Update-Strategy: Sequential -- ABS Update-Strategy: Parallel -- ABS Update-Strategy: Concurrent -- ABS Update-Strategy: Actor -- ABS Toolkits -- Case Studies -- Prisoners Dilemma -- Heroes & -- Cowards -- Conclusion and Future Research -- References -- Chapter 4: Using Parallel Computing to Improve the Scalability of Models with BDI Agents -- Introduction -- Related Works -- Cognitive Agent Architectures -- Parallelization of a Simulation -- Parallel Cognitive and Emotional Architecture -- Case Study -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Applications to Norm Diffusion and Collective Action -- Chapter 5: Information Diffusion as a Mechanism for Natural Evolution of Social Networks -- Introduction -- Model Design -- Link Formation -- Centrality as Influence -- Preferential Attachment -- Equivalent Influence -- Link Decay -- Model Proof of Concept: Social License to Operate -- Model Validation and Discussion -- Concluding Remarks -- References.